Antarctodolops
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| Antarctodolops Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Polydolopimorphia |
| Family: | †Polydolopidae |
| Genus: | †Antarctodolops Woodburne and Zinsmeister, 1984 |
| Type species | |
| Antarctodolops dailyi Woodburne and Zinsmeister, 1984 | |
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Antarctodolops is an extinct genus of polydolopimorphian metatherian similar to, but not closely related to, the living shrew opossums.[2] It lived on Seymour Island, Antarctica in the Eocene.[3] Two species, Antarctodolops dailyi and Antarctodolops mesetaense, have been found. These species were different sizes, with A. mesetaense being the larger.[3]
